Description

A large adze blade with a unifacially bevelled edge, a squared-off rounded handle, and a saw blade groove on the right mesial portion. The belonging is a medium grey with some lighter grey spotting, and has been sanded down smooth. On the dorsal face near the top right of the squared-off corner some fragmentation has occured pre-collection, exposing some of the inner surface, it's more dull in colour, with a fine grain. The ventral face also has some fragmentation that occured on the back of the bevelled edge, and some harrisline fractures going length-wise.

Notes

No other supporting documentation for this collection have been recorded.

Donated by the Clayburn Village Community Society on May.15, 2023.

Collected by Cyril Holbrow throughout his lifetime (1921-2021,) Found while living on his farming properties- he was a naturalist and knew the area very well. He donated his finds to the Clayburn Village Community Society.

Provenance

Exact provenience is unknown.

Items were found in the Clayburn and Maple Grove areas within Abbotsford.